Dr Evil - why don't we Brits drive on the right? Ahhh, how dull life would be if we weren't flexible....
"...American (pilots...)...dangerous". Hmm. I manage perfectly safely over here with their system, flexibility once again. I do have the added luxury (?!) of having flown for RAF, BMA, CX, blah blah before coming over here, so am able to switch to Euro-mode with no problem when I fly trans-Atlantic, and I try to coach my fellow crew to do same, if nothing else than for their own dignity.
One possible point of discussion: there has been a massive shuffle of pilots in the US majors resulting from downsizing. A side-result is that there are many crew doing international as FO who were domestic Capts for years, etc. I know many 777 Capts who are locking-in their pension flying the most senior jet who have never done any international before, even as FO (and our Int. Course is just a paper excercise by UK standards). It's hard to learn new tricks as you get more senior. The average age of the senior line holders has shot up by over a decade in my airline alone. Wonder if this is a factor in any way? Not trying to bash the old folks, BTW (they got this far safely enough). Discuss, please....